Suppression of Fungal Development on Carcasses by the Burying Beetle Nicrophorus quadripunctatus (Coleoptera : Silphidae)

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概要

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• Burying beetles bury and treat carcasses with secretions to provide them for their offspring as food. I tested whether Nicrophorus quadripunctatus reduces the growth of mold, a potential competitor, by burial and treatment of carcasses, based on simple field experiments using mold-infested raw chicken meat. Mold colonies developed on most of the chicken meat pieces placed on ground without burying beetles. Mold also developed on artificially buried meat pieces. However, the development of mold was limited on meat pieces treated by burying beetles, whether the pieces were buried or not. These results clearly indicate that the carrion treatment, rather than the burial itself, effectively prevents mold growth on carcasses.

• 日本昆虫学会の論文
• 2001-12-25

著者

• Suzuki Seizi

  Systematics And Evolution Division Of Biological Sciences Graduate School Of Science Hokkaido Univer

• Suzuki Seizi

  Systematics And Evolution Division Of Biological Sciences Graduate School Of Science Hokkaido Univer

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